mPOLIKS - The Mobile Information System of the Berlin Police

Projektlaufzeit:

01.01.2006 — 30.09.2009

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The Freie Universität Berlin and the Berlin Police Department are cooperation partners since 2006. Within this cooperation we are evaluating secure approaches for mobile data access to police records. Further information.

The Freie Universität Berlin and the Berlin Police Department are cooperation partners since 2006. Within this cooperation we are evaluating secure approaches for mobile data access to police records.

The objective of the project mPOLIKS lies in the design and implementation of a mobile solution to access the internal police information system. mPOLIKS is based on standard protocols and hardware, which reduce costs and complexity. The system runs on Windows Mobiledevices.

The Berlin police department uses the Poliks system, which stands for police information, communication and processing service. Poliks was created to facilitate suspect identification and centralize police data. mPOLIKS has to fulfill the requirements on security and reliability, which is more challenging in mobile scenarios. A shared medium as well as mobile, theft-prone devices complicate a trustworthy access. Furthermore, mPOLIKS should introduce additional benefits based on the paradigm of mobile technologies.

mPOLIKS should establish a secure communication channel between the mobile device and the network of the Berlin police department. In case of device loss, it should protect sensitive information. A simple, lightweight embedding in the existing infrastructure is needed without introducing additional, significant costs. Complex real-world use cases require a simple and robust user interface.